Tetley’s English Ale
August 16, 2010 by justin · Leave a Comment
And you thought Tetley’s was just English Tea? As good as the tea is…beer is always better.
The Tetley’s Brewery is a large brewery in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The main product made there is Tetley’s Bitter, however Skol and other smaller products are also made there. The original brewery was opened in 1822. (thank you wikipedia) In 2009 it was announced that the old brewery (now owned and operated as Carlsberg) would close by 2011. “The company said it needed to maximise efficiency to remain competitive in the face of increasingly challenging market conditions.” Of course, maximize.
Tetley’s English Ale is what I was looking for in the Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema why I looked to California for a typical English Ale? Who knows.
Tetley’s came in a can with a widget, to mimic nitrogen, like Guinness. The result, is a creamy smooth beer with a beautiful head. The aroma is sweet, not much going on in the aroma category though. The flavour. Well, the flavour is where it is at on this one. Sweet, yes. Overly sweet, no way. This is a smooth creamy delicious beer. Hints of banana and milk. Mild hops, you can tell that this is beer. Yeast, yes yeast. The yeast is what seems to give it a majority of its character. This is a highly drinkable beer. I was watching a movie and very quickly realized that my beer was gone. I was like, “oh shit, that is it?”
Beautiful beer, I’d like to try it on tap.
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